"This was a difficult move but it was the right move because it's allowing me to do so many things that I probably would not have been able to do had I stayed at ESPN," she said.

"It's a different way to expand my role. I'm not tired yet. I don't want to hang it up. I just need to get better and these were different opportunities that I would not be able to find anywhere but at Fox Sports."

Andrews, who insisted that "this has not been an easy decision at all", is expected to host a new college football show and is also thought to be lined up to work on Fox Sports' coverage of the NFL and MLB.